Tom Hanks and Halle Berry star in the international trailer for Cloud Atlas.

The five-minute trailer, released by First Showing, also features footage of Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Jim Sturgess and Hugh Grant, among others.

Directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer from David Mitchell's award-winning novel, Cloud Atlas is a sprawling epic which spans six storylines set at various points in time from the 19th century into the distant future.